Direction-indicator for automobiles.



l. E. WARMAN.

'DIRECTION INDICATOR FOR AUTOMOBILEJ.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. I915- Patented Feb. 13,1917.

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DIBECTiON-INDICATOR FOR AUTO] IOBILIS.

To all whom it may concerns Be it known that L Joni: E.v WAnMAiv, a

citizen of'the United'States, residing at Riverside,

A in the county'of Riverside and State of Californimhave invented'certa n new and usefuLImprovements in Direction- Indicators Specification otf Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 13 1911',

Application ma an as, 1915. Serial n I. amass.

and rear ,in licators are substantially identical in construction and operation, the de scrlption of one will serve for both.

Referring to the. drawings, the numeral 1 designates a casing for containing two solenoid coils 2, saidcasing having a removable "bottom or base 3 connected to the casing 1 which it appertainsj to make and use the" same.

' This invention "relates to direction indict tors for auto vehicles, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide and efiicient means of simple constrnction' to indicate the direction in which the auto vehicle intends to turn.

Another object of the invention is to provide an indicator at the front and rear of the machine, comprising arms which may be drop dto the right or tofthe left by means of so enoid coils'and lungers connected to colored lights being also energizedat the same time the arms are thrown in position to indicate the direction in which the machine is about to turn.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illus trated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 isra view n elevation and partial section of one of the indicators,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation of the device with the easingand one of the solenoids in vertical section'nnd illustrating .one of the 1111110810! arms in signaling position and broken awry,

Fig 3 is a side elevation partly in section, illustrating the indicatorarms'in vertical position,

Fi dis a diagrammatic view trica connections, and Fig. 5' is a detail view showing the manner of pivoting the indicating arms.

- The direction'indicators may be mounted at any suitable place in front and rear of the machine, andthe indicators may be made a small enough to he placed on the radiator cap-in frontland on the tire rack in rear of the cur, said indicators being-operated simultaneously-by switch or button so as to indicate to persons in front intended to be taken. Since both the front by means 01 screws 4. Mounted in the base 3 are plunger stops 5 provided with screw threaded he N15 6, and springs 7 encircle the reduced portion 5' of the stops and bear against the head 6 at one end, while-the opposite ends'lof each of the springs? b'e'ar upon a solenoid core or plunger 8. The springs and solenoid cores are mounted in'a brass tubei At each side of the casing is an electric lamp 12' covered by a metal cap 10, having a screw threaded connection 11- with the sit e of the casing 1, said metal cap,

10 being provided with suitableuopenings 12 at thefront and rear and similaropen ings 13 at the sides, These lightsmay be of different colors. the bottom 3 is a supporting stander which extends up through the top of the casing 1 an d is provided witha white light bulb 15 co ered by a moth? casing or cap'16 connected oy' screw threads to a suitable clamp 17 shown more clearly-in Fig. 3 of the drawing. Pivoted at 18 to the standard 14 at the ittac hed .tothe standard 14 as Connected centrally to.

upper end thereof aretheindicator arms 19, said anus having angular branches 20. Each of th e angular branches 20 are slotted and are off ;et as illustrated at 21,-and pivotally connected at 22 to the upper end of a link 23 by a suitable pin or rivet passing through th a slot. .The upper end of the core of elec or rear, the direction 8 is .redncel at opposite sides to form a centrally projecting lug 25, to which the lower end of the link 23 is pivoted by a pin 24.

The eleutricaln circuit may traced as 4 follows: v

' A GOIldlCtOl 27 is connected to a battery 28 and has connected thereto, a oondu'ctor'29 which is connected to a switch 30. "A condoctor 31 is connected to the switch 30 and to the lefi lamp 12' and solenoid 2 oi the front ind cator, A conductor 32 is connected to the above mentioned front left lamp and solenoid and to the battery 28, whereby upon closing the circuit throu the switch 30. the left indicating? irm 15) ll be swung-to a horizontal asmin"; or

'naling positionsimultaneously with the illumination of the left lamp 12. A conductor 33 is connected to the conductor 32 and to the lamp 12' and solenoid 2 of the rear left hand indicator. A conductor 34 is connected to the rear left hand lamp 12' and solenoid 2 and to the conductor 31, whereby, when the switch is closed the rear left hand indicating arm 19 and the lamp 12" will be operated simultaneously with the front left hand indicating arm 19 and lamp 12, thus providing means whereby the operator may control" the left hand signals of the front and rear indicators simultaneously. A'conduetor 35 is connected to the conductor 27 andto the lamp 12' and solenoid 2 of the right hand indicator. A. conductor 36 is connected to the front right hand lamp 12 and solenoid 2 and to a switch 37.- A'eouduetor 38 is connected to the'switch 37. and to the conductor 33, thus completing a circuit from the front right hand lamp 12 and solenpid 2 to the batterv' 28 when the switch 37 is closed, to swingth e indicating arm 19 to a horizontal or signaling position and to illuminate the lamp 12'. A conductor39 is connected to the conductor 36 and the rear right hand .lamp 12' and I ductor 44 and by closing theswitch 43, the

solenoid 2, -A conductor 40 is connected to the rear right hand lamp 12 and solenoid 2 and to the conductor 35, whereby, when the switch 37 is. closed to operate the signals-of the front right'hand signals, the rear right hand lamp 12' will be illuminated and the indicating arm 19 swung to a horizontal or signaling position. A conductor '41 is connected to the conductor 32 and to the front lamp '15. A conductor 42 is connected to the lamp 15 and to a switch 431 The switch 43 is Y COIIIIGC tBdftO the 'conductor 27 bya conlamp 15 will be illuminated. A conductor 45 is connectedto the conductor 29 and to the rear lamp 15 and a conductor 46 1s connected to the rear lamp 15' and'to a switch Y 4-7. The switch 47' is connected to the condu'cwr33 by aconductor 48. B closing the switch 47 the lamp 15 will be il uminated.

f From the foregoing it will be obvious that upon operation crate switches or buttons 31 or 34, either the'right or left indi- .cator may be thrown down into a horizontal position to indicate the direction in which the car is about to turn, and at the same time the light upon'that side will. also be energized.

Various changes may tails, of' construction withoutdeparting. from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims; 1 What is claimed is:

1 A direction'indicator comprising a. casing having a removable bottom, a-standard arranged centrally in said casing and its upper end projecting through and 'be'ypnd the' be made in the as,

top wall of the same, solenoid coils arranged in said casing on opposite sides of said standard, removable plugs fitted in the bottoin wall of the casing and extending into the solenoid coils, tubes fitted in said solenoid coils, coil springs arranged in said tubes their lower ends arranged around the inner ends-of the removable plpgs, solenoid cores mqutittd in said tubes their inner ends resting upon the upper ends of the springs, direction indicating arms eonnected,at their lower ends to said standard, and provided with laterally extending branch arms, links connected to the upper ends of the solenoid cores, their free ends being connected to the outer endsof the branch arms of the direction indicating arms, and an electric circuit for energizing said solenoid coils to move the indicating arms to indicating position.

2. A directionindicator comprising a oa'sing having a removable bottom, a standard secured at its lower end to the bottom centrally thereof, theupper endprojecting through the top wall andbeyond the same, solenoid coils arranged in said casing'on opposite. sides of said standard, removableplugs fitted through the bottom up into said solenoid coils and havin their inner ends reduced, tubes arranged in said solenoid coils'around the reduced ends of the plugs, solenoid cores slidably mounted in said tubes, coil springs arranged in said tubes-,'

their lower ends arranged around "the reing having a removable bottom, a standard secured'at its lower end to said bottomcentrallythereof, its upper end projecting through the top wall of'said casing beyond the same, solenoid coils arranged in saidcasing on opposite sides of said standard, tubes arranged in said solenoid coils, removable plugs fitted in the bottom of'the easing their upper ends being reduced and fitted in the tubes of the solenoid coils, coil springs mounted in said tubes and their lower ends arranged around the reduced ends of the plugsfsolenoid cores mounted in the tubes, their lower ends resting upon the upper ends of the coil springs, electric lights car- -ried by said casing and standard, acasing for each light, direction indicating arms pivotallyconnected at their lower ends 2 upper ends of the solenoid cores,ian

the upper end of the standard, said direction indicating arms provided with branch arms-intermediate thelr ends extending laterally therefrom ilnopposite directions,

links connected at theirlower ends to the at their upper ends to the outer ends ofthe branch arms of the direction indicating 2 arms, and an electric circuit for energizing 'said solenoid coils to move the indicating 10 arms to indicating position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in. presence of two witne sies.

" JOHN E. MABMAN.

Witnesses:

ANDY Smart 111:,

E. BENNI r1; 

